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Re: Duotherm 1350 Btu's air conditioner breaker problems

Are you using a long lightweight extension cord? This unit alone draws almost 1000 watts. On a 20 amp circuit this doesn't leave a lot of room for other appliances and lights. If this is a brand new unit and the extension cord is the right size the air conditioner should still be under warranty.

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My caned answer is to clean the coils, turn off the power, and take up a hose and keep the water to just the coil, and clean it good every inch use a stream of water, and hose it out, the indoor coil is not easy to clean but doo able. Good luck

You have too small a cord on it if it's heating up and then popping your breaker. The a/c has am amp rating on it's data tag, read it and then read the amp capacity of your breaker and the cord your using. If the a/c draws more than 80% of the rated amps for the cord and breaker then you need to find another way to power it up with a bigger cord and a bigger outlet. DO NOT just install a bigger breaker, it is sized for the wiring in your home and a bigger amp draw on that wiring could burn your house down.

If it's the pencil type, it just pokes into the fins (carefully)If you look real close with flashlight you should be able to see where it poked in before, usually a couple of inches up from bottom. If it's the little round disc, it snaps in down in bottom corner, there should be a small hole for it in the frame.

This a ground fault breaker. They do go bad. Is it kicking it all the time or when you plug it in. I replaced a lot of the ground fault plugs. You have to go to the Appliance Parts store to get a new power cord. If you have a problem with thisyour warranty should cover the power cord check your warranty. Rus

You must have too many things running on that circuit. Check your connection to the power box.Loose connection on the receptacle can cause the breaker to trip or too many things running on the same circuit. If the breaker is old it might need to be replaced.

If it is using 110 or 115 volts like normal house current and it throws circuit breakers in your electric box,then you need to run a dedicated line just for the Air Conditioner!Usually this happens to 110 -115 volt air-conditioners that are more than 12,000 BTU and do not have a dedicated electric line in the wall only for the air conditioner!

New air conditioners have a circuit breaker built into the units plug!And I have seen some that throw that breaker to off frequently even if it's only an electric surge! Which it should not do!if its the case and it's new, take it back to the store and ask for a different model, size, or brand! Fedders had an 18,000 BTU/ 110-115 volt unit that did this with every single unit last year! I stopped selling that unit only!!

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